Would not usually want Everton to batter my home town club (am as equally proud of being an Everonian as I am a Cardiffian) but we need a statement and I can take the piss out of my City mates with a thumping.

I seem to remember that although he had signed for us United forced an unwritten clause into the contract that he could not play in the next game against them. At the time someone called it a gentleman's agreement.

That was the game where Turner played - we were 2-0 up and he had a mare in the second half and we lost 4-2 - Phil Neville notched his first og for us.

Such agreements were later made illegal and there was even talk at one stage of United losing the points for enforcing the clause if I remember rightly.

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“It was the best 10 years of my career, in fact they are the only team I ever actually played for. That’s what happens when you play for Everton, you forget the rest, the rest means nothing.” - Duncan Ferguson

I seem to remember that although he had signed for us United forced an unwritten clause into the contract that he could not play in the next game against them. At the time someone called it a gentleman's agreement.

That was the game where Turner played - we were 2-0 up and he had a mare in the second half and we lost 4-2 - Phil Neville notched his first og for us.

Such agreements were later made illegal and these was even talk at one stage of United losing the points for enforcing the clause if I remember rightly.

Yeah he'd been on loan but then we made it permanent during the season.